Hamptons Intl Film Festival 2010 Warsaw Film Festival 2010 Carlow African Film Festival 2010 Discovery Film Festival 2010 Chicago Intl Children's Film Festival 2010 Carthage Film Festival 2010 African Diaspora Film Festival NY 2010 Palm Springs Film Festival 2010 San Diego Black Film Festival 2010 Adelaide Film Festival 2010 FESPACO, Burkina Faso 2010 Birds Eye View FF 2010 FEBIOFEST 2010 Toronto IFF for children 2010 ReelWorld Film Festival 2010 Ecrans Noirs - Cameroun 2010 Rwanda Film Festival 2010 Zanzibar Film Festival, Tanzania 2010 Zimbabwe International Film Festival 2010 Kenya International Film Festival 2010 Amakula Kampala International FilmFestival, Uganda 2010 Ethiopia Film Festival 2010 Festival du film de Dakar, Senegal 2010 Quintessence, Benin 2011 Cinema Le Bretagne (France) Plein La Bobine (France) Addis Film Festival (Ethiopia) Chennai Women In Films Festival (India) Fiuggi Family Festival (Italy) Salaam Festival (Denmark) Cine Sparks Festival (Australia) Reception Critical response Andrew Onyango reviewing for KenyaBuzz was mesmerized by how much "surreal" the world of the movie is, adding that the scripts use of Swahili strengthened the film's impact: "The Swahili speaking audience (particularly those exposed to the dialect being used) feel a powerful sense of identification. There is nothing like hearing it firsthand because the translation loses some of the impact of the words." References External links Soul Boy at Rushlake Media Soul Boy, Filmportal.de article about Soul Boy Interview with Tom Tykwer Filmreporter 2010 films Swahili-language films Films set in Kenya Best Editing Africa Movie Academy Award winners Kenyan drama films